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Demonic turns of memory
I always suspected that the city was a falsification. But it was only on a foggy afternoon in early spring, when the air smells of atarch, that I discovered the nature of the fraud. We are living inside a cupboard, in the lowest depths of oblivion, among broken poles and shut boxes...” <P align="right> — Zbigniew Herbert, The Collected Poems

Bachchan Jr to rouse the aarami in you
A few days back, if you were at Mumbai’s Dadar Railway Station or at Delhi’s Rajiv Gandhi Chowk Metro Station, you could not have missed a man sprawled on a sofa with a cushion that read: “Reserved for Abhishek Bachchan classes”. Is Bachchan Jr preparing for an alternate career? Not really. This is on-ground activation aimed to create a buzz for the newest reality show on Colors, National Bingo Night. It will of course be anchored by Bachchan Jr.

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Luck by chance
Lowe India chairman and Cheeni Kum director Balki strayed into advertising, hoping to meet Ramesh Sippy. Now, many years and accolades later, he has discovered the mantra to success. “Unsureness”, he tells Aabhas Sharma
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Bank of Baroda FY09 net up 54% at Rs 2,384 cr

Public sector Bank of Baroda (BoB) today said its consolidated net profit jumped 54 per cent to Rs 2,384.08 crore in the financial year ended March 31. - Bank of Baroda net rises 54% - Bank of Baroda Q4 net rises 54%; stock flat - BoB cuts term deposit rates by up to 75 bps - Banks" net interest margins dip in Q4 - BoI mulls buyback of overseas Tier-II bonds - Rising above the tide The lender had a consolidated net profit of Rs 1,548.38 crore during 2007-08, BoB said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. The consolidated total income of the state-run firm rose to Rs 18,297.91 crore during FY09 from Rs 14,306.67 crore in FY08, it said. The bank has already declared its standalone results for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2009, on April 27. On a standalone basis, BoB has a net profit of Rs 2,227.2 crore during the financial year ended March 31, 2009, a jump of 55 per cent from Rs 1,435.52 crore in FY08. Further, the lender"s net profit grew nearly three-fold during the fourth quarter ended March 31 to Rs 752.69 from Rs 276.44 crore of the corresponding period a year ago. BoB was trading at Rs 440.50, up 0.13 per cent in afternoon trade on the BSE.


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